Watertown's Official Song

Our Town

by Linda Picceri and Gail Dorey

Linda Picceri:

“The Town Council adopted ‘Our Town’ as the official song of the Town of Watertown in 2008. This is a song that I composed with my colleague and friend, Gail Dorey, who is a lifelong Watertown resident.”

Lyrics:

I grew up in a town where life was simple and folks were boundTo welcome you no matter where you'd goJust an ordinary place, everybody knew your faceAnd stopped to take the time to say helloSomewhere inside the past I learned a love for the ties that lastIn the friendship and the memories of the people that I knewIn Our Town

Small town girls and small town boys with city dreams and city toysAnd families working hard to make ends meetThat's how it is today, things have changed since yesterdayBut that home town feeling lives on in the streetsWhat does it mean to be a part of a community,To share a common value and a pride for who we areIn Our Town

For almost twenty years, I hit the road for my careerDidn't know if I could come back to my townDid I stay away too long, could I still belong?Could I make it there a second time around?Going home is hard to do when life has taken it all from youBut I found a new direction and an old familiar faithIn Our Town